Good Luck Sorting This Hat
Astrobites reports on the challenge of sorting galaxies. New evidence suggests that, much like Harry Potter, the Sombrero galaxy may fit into more than one category.
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Featured Image: Evidence for Planets in Disks?
Observations of the gas in the disks around young stars may provide new evidence for the presence of hidden planets.
Learning from LIGO’s Second Binary Neutron Star Detection
LIGO’s second observation of colliding neutron stars carries with it some interesting uncertainties and implications.
Cloudy Challenges to Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres
A new study explores how clouds might affect our ability to search for signs of water vapor in potentially habitable planet atmospheres.
An Iced Cosmic-Ray Macchiato
We know the universe is filled with highly energetic particles. Astrobites reports on how a shot of caffeine could boost them to their extreme energies.
A Star-Bursting Galaxy Born from the Collision of Dwarfs
What happens when the large-scale drama of a violent galaxy merger plays out on small scales for a pair of dwarf galaxies?